Trichy railway junction gets free Wi-Fi

Are you at Trichy Railway Junction to catch a train? Instead of staring at the railway tracks, why not whip out your smartphone and get something productive done? Watch a high definition video in YouTube.TNN | July 25, 2016, 09:30 IST

Trichy: Are you at Trichy Railway Junction to catch a train? Instead of staring at the railway tracks, why not whip out your smartphone and get something productive done? Watch a high definition video in YouTube. Download Pokemon GO. You can do all these and more for free, thanks to the Wi-Fi service, which was inaugurated by railway minister Suresh Prabhu on Sunday.

You'll have to register the mobile number to get access to the free facility. After 30 minutes of usage, users will get an SMS alert stating that as free usage time is about to expire, they can avail various range of top-ups to extend the user time. However, commuters are clueless on how to extend the user time. There was no clear instruction from the officials concerned, commuters alleged.

Senior officials from Trichy railway division told TOI that they were working to provide a top-up facility.

Wi-Fi facility has been provided at the Trichy International Airport and Thanjavur Big Temple by BSNL. Passengers and devotees who visit airport and the temple have the option to continue their browsing using a top-up facility.

RailTel Corporation is providing Wi-Fi services at 100 'A1' and 'A' category railway stations across the country in partnership with Google. A total of 18 access switches and 44 access points have been installed at all the seven platforms at Trichy junction.

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